If you haven't read Taubes' book...

[matawguro]

The biggest criticism against Taubes' book "Good Calories, Bad Calories" is that it's very heavy reading. For those who have a hard time reading such books, you may want to keep an eye out for the documentary "Fat Head", billed as the "Anti-SuperSize Me" movie.

Two clips from the documentary sum up the first three chapters of Taubes' book quite nicely.

Big Fat Lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8WA5wcaHp4

The McGovern Report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFQc2kxm9c

[ValidRouge]

Re: If you haven't read Taubes' book...

Priceless!

[Discolemonade]

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I loved the fathead, haven't checked the other link yet, thanks for posting!

[sallyseachange]

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Loved these Robbie! Tks for sharing.

[blue996]

Re: If you haven't read Taubes' book...

Thanks for posting!

[matawguro]

Re: If you haven't read Taubes' book...

BTW, before people think that Tom Naughton just created a video version of "Good Calories, Bad Calories", he had this to say...

First off, as a former journalist and voracious reader (40-50 books per year, plus magazines, online articles, etc.) I would never suggest - and didn't - that anyone consider watching my film as a substitute for reading Gary Taubes' book. I began this project over a year ago, before I'd ever heard of his book, and I plowed through a dozen books and more articles than I'd care to count as part of my research. Read, people! Read, read, read!

[Elizellen]

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Here is a webcast of a lecture given by Gary Taubes to the School of public health at UC Berkeley

http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=21216

I have only watched the first few minutes of it so far (It is about an hour and a half I think) but it looks interesting.

[Boo1667]

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Thanks for posting that! Is this coming out soon, and where at (TV/theater/DVD?)? I'd love to see the whole thing.

[kate58]

Re: If you haven't read Taubes' book...

You can hear the whole thing at the link Elizellen provided - click on the little webcast icon on the top left of the page.

I just listened to the whole lecture - which is LONG, 1 hour 48 mins including some questions at the end. It is WELL worth listening too - even if some of it loses you along the way, it all comes together at the end.

Thanks for posting that Elizellen!